Western Philosophy

CUT TO: The private dining room of a fashionable restaurant in the heart of Chinatown, downtown Los Angeles. A waiter enters with several plates of steaming noodles and rice as a small group of lighting designers — Karl Haas, Geoff Korf, Peter Maradudin, Anne Militello, Trevor Norton, and Tom Ruzika — take seats around the table, shaking hands and swapping stories. A still photographer dances around the perimeter of the room as the camera slowly zooms in on each speaker, in turn, starting ...